Button



May 25, 1937, H. H. KNoTT 2,081,485

BUTTON Filed Oct. 9, 1935 ZZ o www2/lar Patented May 25, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BUTTON Application October 9, 1935, Serial No. 44,217

1 Claim.

An object of my invention is to provide a button characterized by the omission of holes for sewing the button on a piece of cloth or the like and having instead of such holes a plurality of radially extending slots cut inwardly from the peripheralY edge of the button blank.

A further object is to provide such slots extending to a depth relatively close to the center of the button whereby when the button is sewed in position the thread Will form a pattern adjacent the center of the button and the button will be secured adjacent its center so that the major portion of the button is available for lapping over the edge of a button hole.

Another object is to provide a button which can be more easily and uniformly colored, this being accomplished by exposing a greater edge area of the button blank to permit more ready penetration of the coloring chemicals into the strata of the blank,

A further object is to provide a button which is more inexpensively and readily manufactured than buttons which have to be drilled with thread holes and one which presents a pleasing appearance when used.

With these and other objects in View my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my device whereby the objects contemplated are attained as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a button embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional View on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 showing the thread slots in the button.

Figure 3 is a similar view showing a modified form of thread slot.

Figure 4 isa plan elevation of the button showing it sewed in position, the threads forming one style of pattern.

Figure 5 is a sectional View on the line 5 5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a plan elevation showing a modif-led shape of the button, which however, has the thread slots peculiar to my button construction, this button also being shown as sewed in position with the threads forming another pattern.

Figure 7 is a plan elevation of a button showing a greater number of slots than in Figures 1, 4, and 6; and

Figure 8 is another plan elevation showing a button provided with a fewer number of slots than the ones shown in Figures 1, 4, and 6.

On the accompanying drawing I have used the (Cl. ,Z4-102) reference numeral l0 to indicate generally a button blank. This blank is formed and polished in the usual manner and then provided with a plurality of radially extending slots l2 which are cut to a depth substantially close to the center of the blank l0. The inner ends of these slots may be cut at an odd angle as shown at i4 in Figure 2, or at a right angle as shown at I6 in Figure 3, as desired.

Any number of the slots l2 may be provided and they may be radial or arranged at different angles relative to radii of the blank I0 as desred.

In Figure 4 I have shown the button sewed in position, the threads being indicated at I8 and 20. It will be noted that the thread 20 crosses the thread I8, the threads extending diametrically from the bottom of one slot I2 to the bottom of its diametrically opposite slot.

In Figure 5 a piece of fabric 22 is illustrated, the button being sewed to this fabric and this gure serving to illustrate how the thread passes through the slots instead of through thread holes in the usual manner.

In Figure 6 I show a button blank Illa. The shape of this blank is somewhat modified with respect to the shape shown in Figure 1 and it is illustrated as being sewed in position by threads I 8a and 20a. The threads, it will be noted, instead of being crossed as in Figure 4, extend in a box-like formation, thus creating a diierent appearing design of the thread and button in conjunction with each other.

It is therefore evident `that the button is adaptable to various shapes and it is thereby possible to produce different distinctive designs when the button is sewed in position.

In Figure 7 I show a button blank 10b having six thread slots 12b instead of four as shown in Figure 1.

In Figure 8 I show a button blank 10c with only three thread slots I2C. Blanks in the buttons of Figures '7 and 8 are illustrated sewed in position, the threads forming respectively a six spoke and triangular design.

My button is easy and inexpensive to manufacture as it does away with the drilling machines and drilling operations heretofore used in connection with the manufacture of buttons and utilizes instead saws or the like which are of more sturdy construction and less subject to breakage than the thread hole drills now in use.

Also in sewing the button in position, it is a comparatively easier matter to nd the slot-like thread opening of my button with the point of a I claim as my invention:

A button comprising a blank having substantially level and parallel front and back faces and a plurality of thread slots cut into the peripheral edge thereof to a depth relatively close to the center of the blank, the inner ends of said slots being inclined downwardly and outwardly from the front face of said blank.

HARRY H. KNO'I'I'. 

